Arendz became well known in South Africa in 1978 when Fair Lady Magazine featured Barbara Barnard wearing his first collection.
He sewed her coat on his Bernina sewing machine at home.
He set up a studio in Cape Town while he was still in his 20s. When Margaret Gardiner became Miss South Africa, Arendz designed her ball gown for the Miss World contest, which she won.[2] His company,
Errol Arendz Fashion Designer cc, was incorporated in 1986.
Arendz was popular under apartheid, with fashion magazines emphasizing the fact that he was coloured. "We did not care about politics, my sister Gloria and I just wanted to succeed. Then nobody saw us as black or white any more; if anything, we were silver - outside all categories," he commented later in 2003, Arendz was commissioned by South African Airways (SAA) to design the uniforms for all their crew, ground staff and flight attendants.
He started designing shoes in 2005. The Errol Arendz flagship store occupies an entire building in Hout Street in Cape Town.[citation needed] His clients have included Priscilla Presley, Joan Collins, Shakira Caine, Joanna Lumley, Sharon Stone, Jaclyn Smith, Elita de Klerk, Pam Golding and Karen Barnard.[3] Arendz is counted among the best South African designers of European-style clothing.
He was a judge on the reality TV modelling competition Revlon Supermodel in 2007[10] and L'Ormarins Queen's Plate Racing Festival in 2017.
(Courtesy of Wikipedia)